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2015 Heinrich Böll Foundation Masters & Doctoral Scholarships for International and German Students

2015 Heinrich Böll Foundation Scholarships for International and German Students: The Heinrich
Böll Foundation grants scholarships to approximately 1,000 undergraduates,
graduates, and PhD students of all subjects and nationalities per year, who are
pursuing their degree at universities, universities of applied sciences (Fachhochschulen),
or universities of the arts (Kunsthochschulen).

They
expect their scholarship recipients to have excellent academic records, to be
socially and politically engaged, and to have an active interest in the basic
values of the foundation: ecology and sustainability,
democracy and human rights, self determination and justice.

Eligibility

For an
undergraduate and graduate scholarship:

1. General
student scholarships for German and German-educated applicants: Students
in all subjects who are pursuing a FIRST DEGREE (Bachelor,
Staatsexamen, Diplom) and who earned their university entrance
qualification in Germany;

2. Student
scholarship – journalism: “Medienvielfalt, anders: Junge Migrantinnen und Migranten in den
Journalismus” (for Germans and candidates who study in Germany –
Bildungsinländer/innen): This programme is aimed at German or
German-educated students with a migration background who wish to become
journalists;

3. International
students on a MASTERS course in any subject who earned their
university entrance qualification outside Germany
(Bildungsausländer/innen) and are studying, or wish to study, in Germany.

For a doctoral
scholarship:

1. Doctoral
students from inside and outside Germany for a doctoral scholarship
in the focus programme “Transformation Research”;

2. International
doctoral students in all subjects who earned their university
entrance qualification outside Germany and are pursuing, or wish to
pursue, doctoral studies in Germany (Bildungsausländer/innen).

Special
consideration will be given to applicants from the following focus regions:
central and eastern Europe, the EU’s neighbouring states and the CIS, the
Middle East and North Africa (especially Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Israel),
transition and newly industrialised countries, and conflict regions worldwide.

Good or very
good knowledge of German (at least B2 Level) is required. The
selection workshops are generally held in German. If a scholarship is granted,
intensive German courses may be funded.

Scholarship

The scholarship
amount varies and may include family and/or childcare allowance, health
insurance or similar.

For undergraduate
and graduate students

who
are German/EU nationals or those educated in Germany, the amount varies
according to parental income or own assets or earnings: max. €597 plus
€300 book allowance per month.

For non-EU
nationals and students not educated in Germany, the amount is €750
per month, plus € 100 mobility allowance per month, plus various
individual allowances.

At
the doctoral level:

German/EU nationals
or those educated in Germany receive €1,050 per month basic
scholarship plus €100 per month research costs allowance.

For non-EU
nationals and students not educated in Germany, the amount is €1,000
per month, plus € 100 mobility allowance per month, plus various individual
allowances.

Application process

Applications are
accepted from international applicants once per year – 1 March. The 1
September deadline applies to undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students
from inside Germany only.

In order to apply
you must follow the next steps:

1. Check if you are
among the special focus groups in this application round;
2. Gather information on the application process and the requested documents;
3. Register for the online application portal
(the application portal will be opened about 6 weeks before the
application deadline);
4. Provide the requested information in the Online Application Portal;
5. After uploading all of your documents, submit your application
before the end of the application deadline.

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